The Mincing Meerkat

San Francisco

2011-12-26T14:43:00.000-08:00

STOLEN

2011-12-23T13:36:00.000-08:00

I usually don't take original paintings to shows. But this year, since it was a show in my favorite city at Christmastime, I thought I would take a mess of new original paintings. We had a good looking booth, and all the original paintings were facing Kim and I.

At some point as I was wrapping up an original painting a customer had just purchased, someone stole the 8 x 10 original acrylic painting pictured above. It happened within a 4 minute period. Of course I ran around looking for it, even staked out the exit, but a thief is not going to carry stolen merchandise out in the open. At least the cool air calmed me down a bit.

I usually let karma deal with these situations, but I thought since it was a holiday show the thief might try to give this as a gift. So, thief or recipient - if you've followed my website information on the back of the painting and are reading this, I would like to appeal to you to return the painting. I won't press charges, you can return it anonymously.

But Mr. or Mrs. Thief - I want to make sure that you are enormously thankful - and consider yourself unbelievably lucky - that I did not catch you in the act of taking it.

Big Sur

2011-12-11T12:37:00.001-08:00

Now My Waffles Can Go Everywhere

2011-12-06T11:14:00.000-08:00

Mincy and I kept confusing our phones because they had similar cases. No more!

Post-Feast Stroll

2011-11-25T10:28:00.001-08:00

Nepal

2011-11-16T10:38:00.001-08:00

Shortly after we did the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago in September, I was contacted by John Francisco. John was about to leave for a month-long trek through Nepal, and a chance visit to Renegade inspired him to take along some small pieces of art and pin them up in various Nepalese teahouses he planned to visit.

The other day I received an email from John, who had returned from his trip. It included this picture, taken at the Renjo La Support Lodge in Lunde, Nepal. It shows John, the owner and her baby (a boy, despite the pink cow costume), as well as one of my prints pinned on the wall.

2011-11-11T17:10:00.000-08:00

Oh, It's Nothing A Wave Of Nausea And A Total Nervous Collapse Won't Fix

9 x 12 inches

acrylic on birch panel

Sell-Out

2011-11-08T17:00:00.000-08:00

It is with a heavy heart that I must report that my book It Is Folly To Assume My Awesome Lies Dormant: The Paintings of the Mincing Mockingbird is completely sold out and won't be available for sale this holiday season. I was taken aback by the popularity of the book, and wasn't really prepared to do a second printing. Then, when I was ready to do a second printing, the roof of my house decided to spring several leaks and demand a replacement. Ah, the joys of self-publishing/home-ownership.

That being said, publishing a book myself has proven to be one of the most thrilling experiences of my life, culminating with seeing my book tucked in the stacks of Barnes & Noble among my artistic heroes. Thanks to all the wonderful stores that carried it and to everyone that has purchased a copy.

Hopefully we'll have it available again in spring 2012.

P.S. - The person selling a used copy on Amazon for $299.99 is not me. I swear.

New Original Paintings

2011-11-08T14:39:00.001-08:00

SOLD The Princess And The Potty Mouth

10 x 10 inches

acrylic on birch panel

Death By Misadventure

16 x 16 inches

acrylic on birch panel

SOLD When You Finally Figure Out Why All The Bees Are Dying, You Are Seriously Going To Freak

6 x 6 inches

acrylic on birch panel

SOLD Humorous Anecdotes That May Or May Not Be Admissions To Ritualistic Murders,

I Can't Tell, It's Awfully Loud In Here

6 x 6 inches

acrylic on birch panel

SOLD Embarrassing Attempts At Recapturing Dignity

8 x 8 inches

acrylic on birch panel

These new paintings are available at Henry Road. If interested, contact Paula Smail at 818.762.8966 or at info@henryroad.com.

The Spooky Show - Oct. 15

2011-10-05T19:45:00.000-07:00

Here is my as-yet-untitled piece for The Spooky Show on October 15 at Monkeyhouse Toys & Gallery. It marks a first for me—getting the piece done two weeks before the drop-off date. Yet, somehow I have a feeling I'll be writing the title in the car on the way over....
For more information on all the amazing artists that will have work, please check for info here.

New

2011-08-29T14:11:00.001-07:00

SOLD The Guiding Star I Have Used For The Last 400 Miles Turned Out To Be A 747
10 x 10 inches
acrylic on wood panel

Please Do Not Taste The Rainbow
8 x 10 inches
acrylic on wood panel

If interested in the paintings, contact me at mincy@mincingmockingbird.com.

Blue Sailor

2011-08-29T09:35:00.000-07:00

I'm trying not to be such a workaholic and get back to my original love—painting. This is my newest one, untitled as of yet, acrylic on panel.

Enormous Tiny Art Show 10

2011-08-26T16:57:00.000-07:00

SOLD Moral, Ethical And Economic Reasons Not To Match Belt To Shoes

8 x 10 inches
acrylic on wood panel

SOLD Aflame With Genetic Splendor
10 x 10 inches
acrylic on wood panel

SOLD Interests Include Singing, Flying And Gestating Rapidly-Evolving Viruses
That Will One Day Lay Waste To Humanity
8 x 10 inches
acrylic on wood panel

SOLD Inhaling Cosmic Energy And Coughing Up Bad Poetry
12 x 6 inches
acrylic on wood panel

SOLD Villain Enough For Both Of Us
10 x 10 inches
acrylic on wood panel

SOLD The Situation Called For Restraint And A Good Deal Of Thought, But My Phone Had Text Messaging
10 x 10 inches
acrylic on wood panel

We know Beautiful And Terrible Things Of Which You Have No Conception - You Cannot Even Google Them
18 x 24 inches
acrylic on wood panel

Fighting A Fierce Impulse To Finally Make That Solo Record
12 x 16 inches
acrylic on wood panel

These are the new paintings in the Enormous Tiny Art Show 10 at Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, NH. If interested in any of the available pieces, you can contact the gallery at info@nahcotta.com. You can check out the rest of the show here.

Renagde Craft Fair - CHICAGO

2011-08-24T20:11:00.000-07:00

We're very excited to once again be included in the Renegade Craft Fair in that most toddlin' of towns - Chicago, Illinois! We're busy knitting Blagojevich wigs and working on new swear words to hurl at the "Willis" moniker that has been hung on the Sears Tower like some puke-inducing Christmas sweater. We're going to eat sausage, scowl at crooked cops and look up Marilyn Monroe's skirt. We're going to live, dammit, Chicago-style!

Enormous Tiny Art 10

2011-08-23T19:35:00.000-07:00

I'll have six new paintings on display at the 10th incarnation of the Enormous Tiny Art Show at Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, NH. The show runs from September 1st through October 2nd, and there is always an eclectic, affordable collection of artwork from some stellar art folks. If you're in the Portsmouth area during the run of the show, stop in. In addition to the six small paintings I'll have in the show, I also have two larger works hanging. For those of you not in the area, I'll have the paintings up online as soon as Nahcotta puts them up on their site.

Moving to New Digs!

2011-08-17T19:29:00.000-07:00

As some of you might be aware of, we outgrew our studio space quite a while ago. And in fact, as Mincing Mockingbird said, "We're not working from home, but living at work." So last weekend, we grabbed two sons (it's finally paying off having boys), rented a 24-foot truck and moved most of the studio up to the central coast. It wasn't easy, as they truck didn't quite have the power it should have (or maybe our magnets, calendars and books were a little heavy) to make it up some of the hills. It was slow going in spots. But after a few days, the place was actually workable. So now we'll spend half our time in LA, creating and marketing, and half our time in the brand new studio space, manufacturing and shipping. To go from a 400 sq. ft. space with two desks, six wire racks and a shipping station, to a 2000 sq. ft. space with two offices, a studio space, a warehouse space, a mezzanine AND a bathroom. I think it might be our Christmas present to ourselves.

2011-08-02T19:18:00.000-07:00

SOLD Unsatisfied With Any Reaction Short Of Breathless Amazement

18 x 18 inches

acrylic on wood panel

2011

2011-08-02T19:15:00.000-07:00

We Know Beautiful And Terrible Things Of Which

You Have No Conception - You Cannot Even Google Them

18 x 24 inches

acrylic on wood panel

2011

2011-08-02T19:13:00.000-07:00

Fighting A Fierce Impulse To Finally Make That Solo Record

12 x 16 inches

acrylic on wood panel

2011

Comic-Con International

2011-07-30T22:09:00.001-07:00

Alternate Histories

2011-07-30T21:29:00.000-07:00

I came across (and purchased) this print at the Renegade Craft Show in Los Angeles a few weeks back. It's by the genius minds at Alternate Histories. You can find this and more monster madness here!

The Frantic Meerkat Books of Comics - New & Improved!

2011-07-08T18:57:00.000-07:00

This morning the Fed Ex truck pulled up and delivered several heavy boxes filled with drama-stricken animal comics. Yes, it's true, the new and improved, professionally printed Frantic Meerkat Book of Comics is finally here, just in time for Comic Con.

And I'll say it—even though the designing and production end of it was never-ending, now that's it's back, it's like I've forgotten all the late nights and multiple proofreading sessions, living on caffeine and pretzel M&Ms. I'm in a beautiful rosy haze.

I think I need to start planning Volume Two.

WIN A SHIRT!

2011-06-27T11:02:00.000-07:00

WINNERS! Nico, erinlind, poesjemau, silverknot and Jill! Contact us with your shirt choice, sex/size of shirt, and your shipping info at mincy@mincingmockingbird.com!

To celebrate the release of our new t-shirts, we're giving away 5 free t-shirts! The rules are simple. Just leave a comment on this blog post. That's it! We don't care what the comment is, as long as it doesn't insult us. That's pretty much the only way you could be disqualified. Even if the insult is absolutely justified and delivered with a ferocious wit that cuts us to the bone in a way that leaves us shattered and shaken and blinking back tears, the entry is disqualified. Hey, it's not us, it's the lawyers and their fine print.

If you want info on the Mincing Mockingbird shirt (sizing, etc.), you can find that here. It's only available in sexy black. The Frantic Meerkat shirt is here - it comes in sexy gray for men and sexy blue for women.

All entries will be printed out, folded, where they will be put into a tattered blue Ikea bag and picked out by my blindfolded wife. We take fairness very seriously. We'll contact the winners on Wednesday night, and if you win, you can let us know which shirt you'd like and in what size.

Good luck!

The 'Guide to Troubled Birds" Returns!

2011-06-25T21:50:00.001-07:00

"Back in the day" of '07-'08, I put out three small volumes of a zine called "A Guide to Troubled Birds." The guides collected little illustrations of disturbing and often violent birds, and very short stories that went with them. People seemed to like them, and they remain one of the most enjoyable things I've done.

I've put together a more polished, expanded collection that I'll be debuting at ComicCon in San Diego next month.

New Paintings At Henry Road

2011-06-24T22:46:00.001-07:00

SOLD Dancing The Line Between Optimist And Cheerful Idiot
8 x 10 inches, acrylic on wood panel

SOLD Gentle, Affectionate And Lovable -
At Least Until I Completely Lose My Mind Over Any Perceived Slight
7 x 5 inches, acrylic on wood panel

SOLD The Joyless March Of Days Once The Novelty Of Nudity Is Lost

10 x 10 inches, acrylic on wood panel

It Turns Out My Epiphany Was Actually Sentimental Nonsense
Resulting From Being Whacked Out Of My Mind On All Sorts Of Pepped-Up Junk
8 x 8 inches, acrylic on wood panel

In Communion With Spirits Of Darkness,
Yet Quite Unable To Resist A Stray French Fry In A Parking Lot
18 x 24 inches, acrylic on wood panel

Bound By Little More Than A Common Enemy
8 x 8 inches, acrylic on wood panel

If interested in any of these pieces, contact Paula at Henry Road via info@henryroad.com or 818.762.8966.

I Still Heart LA

2011-06-16T10:44:00.000-07:00

Here is my piece for the I Still Heart LA group show at Monkeyhouse Toys this weekend. Is anyone who really knows me surprised by this?

Stop by and see some great art by over 40 LA artists featuring are about why LA still rules -- Saturday, June 18, from 5 - 9 p.m.

New Fine Art Postcard Set

2011-06-15T18:34:00.000-07:00

A new postcard set, featuring all fine art, is available in my Etsy shop.

Burton Exhibit

2011-06-15T14:45:00.000-07:00

It's a Wrap!

2011-06-15T12:31:00.000-07:00

This is the awesome wrapping paper you get for your birthday if you're married to the Mincing Mockingbird.

I think he just got himself a job wrapping Christmas presents.